A wild qualifying session set the order for the top 16 starting positions for Saturday’s
Monster Energy All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Kyle Larson winning the pole for the first time in this event.
Some 20 drivers will start the all-star race, which pays $1 million to win but doesn’t pay any points.
The all-star race has its own unique qualifying format: Each of the 16 drivers had to do three laps, with a mandatory four-tire pit stop with no pit-road speed limit. Then, the five fastest drivers had to repeat the process in Round 2.